Trunk-fastener



(No Model.)

J. 0. BROWN.

TRUNK'FASTENER.

No. 248,700. Patented Oct. 25,1881.

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JAMES 0. BROWN, OF BANGOR, MAINE.

TRUNK-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 248,700, dated October 25, 1881.

Application filed June 22, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES 0. BROWN, of Bangor, in the county of Penobscot and State of Maine, have invented a certain new and useful Trunk-Fastener, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved device for fastening the lids of trunks, &c., the object being to make a simple, cheap, and secure device, which may be always reliable and easily worked. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan view, showing the device entire, the catch being secured in its place on the plate. Fig. 2 is a plan view, showing the two parts separated. Fig. 3 is a vertical section. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section taken on the line as a: of Fig. 1.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

A represents the part that is to be made secure to the lid, and D the part that is to be secured to the body of the trunk.

The latch proper, B, is provided with short pintles at a a, which fit into corresponding sockets made in the part A, so as to form a hinge for the latch B. The latch B is narrowed at I) I) (see Fig. 2) and terminates in a broad end, B. (See Figs. 1 and 2.) The end B is turned up slightly, and is chamt'ered on its under side, as shown in Fig. 3.

H is a cross-latch, which is pivoted to the pin 1?, Figs. 1, 2, and 3, and is provided with a small wedge-shaped projection, h, Figs. 1 and 2.

E and E are bosses formed on the surface ofthe plate D, their sh ape and size beingshown in Figs. 2 and 4. The upper side of the boss E is kerfed, as indicated at K, Figs. 2 and 4, for the purpose of receiving and holding the end of the cross-latch H.

S, Figs. 1 and 3, is a bent spring attached to the under side of the latch B, the bent part of which projects through the hole 0, Figs. 1 and 2, in the latch B, and serves to hold the cross-latch H in place. (See Fig. 1.)

From the above description it will be understood that when'the latch B is down the bosses E E, fitting into the recesses 11 I), Fig. 2, will prevent the latch from being drawn out, and if the cross-latch H is in place, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3,it (thelatch) cannot be removed, and the trunk is consequently securely fastened. When the cross-latch H is swung entirely back the wedge-projection h slides under the end B of the latch B and forces it up away from the bosses E E.

1 claim- 1. In a trunk-fastener, the combination of the plate D, bosses E E, and cross latch H with the p'ate A and latch B, having recesses b b, all operating together substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a trunk-fastener, the combination of LEVI MUROH, J. F. PARKHURST. 

